Articles tagged "Kidney transplantation"

2020 American Transplant Congress
Facebunk: Does Social Media Have a Positive Impact on Living Kidney Donation
E. K. Venniro¹, R. Kashyap², J. G. Taylor¹
¹Nephrology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, ²Surgery, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
*Purpose: More kidney transplant recipients are reaching out beyond their immediate contacts in order to find potential living donors. In addition, transplant centers and organizations…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Clinical Outcomes in Kidney Transplant Recipients Following Implementation of a Strategic Maintenance Reduction Protocol
H. Perkins, K. Foster, N. Patel, H. Meadows, F. Bartlett, C. Perez, J. McGillicuddy, N. Pilch, M. Casey, M. A. Posadas-Salas, D. Taber
Pharmacy, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
*Purpose: Post-transplant complications are commonly due to over-immunosuppression, particularly as it relates to infections. The purpose of this study was to assess clinical outcomes in…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Implicit Bias in Recipient Selection
Y. Sweidan¹, C. Mayuga¹, B. Daly¹, K. Chavin², T. Srinivas¹, A. Padiyar¹
¹Medicine, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, ²Surgery, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH
*Purpose: The decision to place or exclude a candidate from the waitlist is not exclusively based on medical criteria. Scant literature exists regarding the intergroup…
2020 American Transplant Congress
RNA Sequencing of Urine RNA Samples for Biomarker Discovery
K. S. Keslar¹, D. Margeta¹, M. Abecassis², J. J. Friedewald², P. S. Heeger³, R. L. Fairchild¹
¹Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ²Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ³Icahn School of Medicine, New York, NY
*Purpose: An accurate, noninvasive assay based on urinary gene expression profiles would be a powerful tool for clinical management of kidney transplant patients. We have…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Adaptive Induction Therapy in Renal Transplant Recipients (RTR) with Donor-Specific Antibody (DSA)
K. Linhares¹, M. Cristelli², R. De Marco³, L. Viana², C. Felipe², M. Tavares², C. Peixoto², G. Marcello², J. Toniato², K. Ficher², L. Villanueva², L. Villanueva², M. De Lima³, J. Pestana², H. Tedesco Jr.²
¹Nephrology Division, Hospital do Rim, Sao Paulo, Brazil, ²Nephrology Division, Hospital Do Rim, Sao Paulo, Brazil, ³Histocompatibility Laboratory, Instituto De Imunogenética IGEN, Sao Paulo, Brazil
*Purpose: Patients with preformed DSA are at higher risk of developing acute antibody-mediated rejection (ABMR) after kidney transplantation.*Methods: We analyzed consecutive kidney transplant recipients (RTR)…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Selective Screening Imaging of the Aortoiliac Arterial System in Kidney Transplant Candidates Using Non Contrast Pevic Computed Tomography
N. Onaca, A. Wall, J. Bayer, H. Fernandez, E. Martinez, R. Ruiz, R. Goldstein, G. McKenna, A. Gupta, G. Testa
Simmons Transplant Institute, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX
*Purpose: Noncontrast pelvic CT imaging can detect severe iliac artery calcifications (SAC) with technical contraindication to transplantation, avoiding morbidity from unnecessary surgical exploration.*Methods: We devised…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Validation of Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms for Acute Renal Graft Rejection
H. Hwang¹, J. Kong¹, J. Kim¹, Y. Kim¹, J. Moon¹, K. Jeong¹, J. Park², J. Park³, T. Ban⁴, J. Yang⁵, C. Ahn⁶, S. Lee¹
¹Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ²Konkuk University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ³Yeungnam University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ⁴Eunpyeong St. Mary's Hospital The Catholic University of Korea, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ⁵Department of Surgery, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ⁶Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) has identified potential single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), which is associated with acute rejection in renal transplant recipients. We sought to…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Successful Transplantation of the Kidney Graft with 5 Arteries and Intimal Dissection Injury – 9 Year Follow Up
P. J. Bachul¹, A. Perez-Gutierrez¹, R. Saoud¹, B. Juengel¹, D. J. Grybowski¹, P. Borek¹, R. Anteby², A. Lucander¹, M. Dimitrov¹, J. Fung¹, P. Witkowski¹
¹Surgery, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ²Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
*Purpose: Utilization of the Carrel patch allows easier implantation of the kidney graft with multiple small renal arteries. If it is not feasible, side-to-side renal…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Incidence of Cytomegalovirus and Role of Reduced Dose Valganciclovir in Kidney Transplant Recipients
A. Szczepanik¹, E. Metzker¹, C. Burrelli¹, K. Chavin²
¹Pharmacy, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, ²Surgery, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH
*Purpose: Valganciclovir (VGC) is the optimal agent for preventing cytomegalovirus (CMV) but its use is limited by cost and leukopenia. Reduced dose VGC (rVGC) has…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Patient-Informed Design of an Educational Website on Living Kidney Donation
M. Keller¹, R. Seibert¹, T. Feeley², L. Kayler¹
¹Erie County Medical Center, Buffalo, NY, ²University at Buffalo, SUNY, Buffalo, NY
*Purpose: Web-based education may be a powerful tool to support kidney patients’ learning about living kidney donation (LKD); however, websites that are not user-friendly can…